Smart City Pilots: Advancing Sustainable Mobility and Urban Innovation
Connectivity is a game changer for smart mobility, enabling the automated exchange of information among stakeholders. This facilitates interoperability, breaking down silos and fostering a comprehensive understanding of the urban environment and its participants. As a result, connectivity serves as a foundation for the deployment of innovative mobility services that enhance efficiency, safety, and sustainability. This paper presents three pilot projects focused on door-to-door multimodal transportation in densely populated urban areas, developed within the framework of the EU-funded EcoMobility project. Specifically, it examines how key digital enablers—navigation, high-definition (HD) mapping, and vulnerable road user (VRU) detection, leverage connectivity to transform urban mobility. These technologies establish a robust foundation for enhancing transportation efficiency, improving road safety, and supporting the transition to a connected, service-oriented mobility ecosystem.
Authors
- Marco Mamei (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3918-2107)
- Hafsa Iqbal (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1773-8066)
- Paolo Burgio (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1954-7201)
- Enrico Rossini (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0006-7931-4732)
- Αντώνιος Λίτκε (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7658-2559)
- Elena Politi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8795-5560)
- Efthymios Chondrogiannis (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3865-2277)
- Eric Armengaud (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4958-7562)
- Luca Bongiovanni
- George Dimitrakoppoulos
- Bruno Dilecce
- Miguel Fornell
- Francisco Paredes
- Burak TÜfekÇİ
- İhsan Can Yalabuk
- Santiago Ferrer Jover
- Ilhan Kubilay Yalcin
- Silvia Rodríguez-Jiménez
Institutions
- University of Modena and Reggio Emilia (IT)
- Cognizant (United States) (US)
- X-Fab (Germany) (DE)
- Universal College (PH)
- Harokopio University of Athens (GR)
- Ideko (Spain) (ES)
- CT Group Of Institutions (IN)
- Motion Control (United States) (US)
- Ingegneria dei Sistemi (Italy) (IT)
- Institute of Communication and Computer Systems (GR)
- Universidad Carlos III de Madrid (ES)
Publication Details
- Published
- 2025-04-08
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1109/ssi65953.2025.11107208
- Primary Topic
- Smart Cities and Technologies
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- HORIZON EUROPE Framework Programme